A human motor behavior model for distal pointing tasks

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 603-615

  Kopper, Regis ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^a   Silva, Mara G ^a   McMahan, Ryan P ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal pointing; Fitts' law; HCI models of human motor behavior

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR AMPLITUDE; ANGULAR SIZES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CURRENT MODELS; DISTAL POINTING; FITTS' LAW; HUMAN MOTOR; INPUT DEVICES; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MOTOR BEHAVIOR; USER STRATEGIES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77955518924     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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